Grandma Hendricks Chocolate Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. sugar
1 egg
shortening (size of egg)
5 tsp. cocoa
hot boiling water
sweet milk
1 1/2 c. flour
dash of salt
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. vinegar (added just before putting in oven)

Preparation

Cream the shortening, sugar and egg.
Sift flour, baking soda and salt together.
Pour enough hot boiling water into the cocoa to make a thin paste; fill cup with sweet milk.
Add dry ingredients, alternating with cocoa liquid, to wet mixture.
Add vanilla and vinegar.
Bake in greased square cake pan at 350\u00b0 for about 30 minutes, or until done.